HONESTY (UPDATED)

I STRUGGLE DEALING WITH PEOPLE.

I'M NOT THE EASIEST PERSON,

NOT FORGIVING ENOUGH,

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND

WHEN I DON'T GET MY WAY,

WHEN THINGS DON'T GO AS PLANNED.

DON'T YOU SEE

MY DISABILITY?

CAN'T YOU TELL

THAT I'M NOT WELL?

ISN'T THE WHEELCHAIR A CLUE

THAT I'M NOT LIKE YOU?

I DON'T WANT YOUR SYMPATHY,

OR YOUR PITY.

I JUST WANT TO BE NORMAL,

AND I'M TIRED OF THE STRUGGLE.

I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOU TO BE A LITTLE ACCOMMODATING

AND LOOK AND SEE

THAT I'M NOT AN ABNORMALITY

JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T WALK LIKE YOU

OR STAND OR SIT OR DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THIS PAIN

THAT HAUNTS ME DAY AND NIGHT,

THAT NEVER LETS UP,

THAT MAKES ME WANT TO FIGHT.

BUT WITHOUT THIS PAIN OR THIS DISABILITY,

I WOULDN'T BE WHO I AM TODAY,

SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THE KING.

THIS PAIN IS THE THORN IN MY SIDE

THAT KEEPS ME REAL, KEEPS ME FROM HIDING FROM THIS WORLD.

SO I SPEAK OUT BECAUSE I KNOW

THAT WITHOUT JESUS WE WOULDN'T BE WASHED AS WHITE AS SNOW.

OUR SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD,

BUT BY HIS BLOOD WE'VE BEEN 

REDEEMED AND FORGIVEN.

IF ONLY I WERE MORE LIKE YOU, LORD.

ISAIAH 41:10 - SO DO NOT FEAR, FOR I AM WITH YOU.